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Innocent Blood by James Rollins and Rebecca CantrellPublication Date: December 10, 2013 by William MorrowSource: Publisher via Edelweiss for an honest reviewDescription from Goodreads:In this riveting
follow-up to The Blood Gospel, the first book in their thrilling and
atmospheric Order of the Sanguine series, New York Times bestselling
authors James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell deliver a riveting tale of
international adventure, intrigue, suspense, and supernatural mystery
involving a modern scientist, a highly secret eternal spiritual order,
and a terrifying power who must join forces to bring down a ruthless and
cunning enemy and prevent the Apocalypse

While exploring a tomb
hidden for centuries in the depths of Masada, Israel, brilliant
archaeologist Erin Granger began an incredible journey to recover a
miraculous ancient artifact tied to Christ himself. The quest introduced
her to a diabolical enemy determined to discover the book and use its
powers for his own dark en…

The Passage by Justin CroninPublication date: May 17, 2011Source: Publisher via NetGalley for an honest reviewDescription from Goodreads:“It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.”

First,
the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility
unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment.
Then, the unspeakable: a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise
on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever altered. All that remains
for the stunned survivors is the long fight ahead and a future ruled by
fear—of darkness, of death, of a fate far worse.

As civilization
swiftly crumbles into a primal landscape of predators and prey, two
people flee in search of sanctuary. FBI agent Brad Wolgast is a good man
haunted by what he’s done in the line of duty. Six-year-old orphan Amy
Harper Bellafonte is a refugee from the doomed scientific project that
has triggered apocalypse. He is determined to protect her from…

Colossus:The Four Emperors by David BlixtPublication date: April 7, 2013 by Sordelet InkSource: Publisher via Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours for an honest reviewSynopsis:
Rome under Nero is a dangerous place. His cruel artistic whims border
on madness, and any man who dares rise too high has his wings clipped,
with fatal results.
For one family, Nero means either promotion or destruction. While his
uncle Vespasian goes off to put down a rebellion in Judea, Titus
Flavius Sabinus struggles to walk the perilous line between success and
notoriety as he climbs Rome’s ladder. When Nero is impaled on his own
artistry, the whole world is thrown into chaos and Sabinus must navigate
shifting allegiances and murderous alliances as his family tries to
survive the year of the Four Emperors.
The second novel in the Colossus series.

My Take:

Colossus:The Four Emperors by David Blixt sounded like it would
be right up my alley. I love Roman history, which I think I have stated
before. Th…

Rasputin's Shadow by Raymond KhouryPublication date: October 8, 2013 by DuttonSource: Publisher via Meryl L. Moss Media Relations, Inc.Description from Goodreads:On a cold, bleak day in 1916, all hell breaks loose in a mining pit in the Ural Mountains. Overcome by a strange paranoia, the miners attack one another, savagely and ferociously. Minutes later, two men—a horrified scientist and Grigory Rasputin, trusted confidant of the tsar—hit a detonator, blowing up the mine to conceal all evidence of the carnage.

In the present day, FBI agent Sean Reilly’s search for Reed Corrigan, the CIA mindcontrol spook who brainwashed Reilly’s son, takes a backseat to a new, disturbing case. A Russian embassy attaché seems to have committed suicide by jumping out of a fourth-floor window in Queens. The apartment’s owners, a retired physics teacher from Russia and his wife, have gone missing, and further investigation reveals that the former may not be who the FBI believe him to be.

Almost True Confessions by Jane O'ConnorPublication Date: October 1, 2013 by William Morrow PaperbacksSource: Publisher via TLC Book Tours for an honest reviewSynopsis:
This comic mystery set in the elite zip codes of Manhattan will leave you breathless . . . literally
What could be more fun for a freelance copy editor than work- ing on a
juicy tell-all about one of Manhattan’s most enigmatic society
doyennes? But when Miranda “Rannie” Bookman arrives at Ret Sullivan’s
tony Upper East Side apartment, she finds more than the final draft of
the reclusive author’s manuscript waiting for her—there’s also the
half-naked body of Ret herself, tied to her bed and strangled with an
Hermès scarf.

Was this merely a case, as the police believe, of rough sex that got a
little too rough? Or was Ret murdered because someone wanted to make
absolutely sure she didn’t meet her deadline? Once again, Rannie must
prove that her mind is just as sharp as her Col-Erase blue pencils—or
risk gett…

Declan's Cross by Carla NeggersPublication date: August 27, 2013 by Harlequin MiraSource: Publisher via Meryl L. Moss Media Relations, Inc. for an honest reviewDescription from Goodreads:An escape to an idyllic
Irish seaside village is about to turn deadly in this riveting new novel
by master of romantic suspense Carla Neggers.

For marine
biologist Julianne Maroney, two weeks in tiny Declan's Cross on the
south Irish coast is a chance to heal her broken heart. She doesn't
expect to attract the attention of FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin
Donovan—especially since a Donovan is the reason for her broken heart.

Emma
and Colin are in Ireland for their own personal retreat. Colin knows
he's a reminder of everything Julianne wants to escape, but something
about her trip raises his suspicion. Emma, an art crimes expert, is also
on edge. Of all the Irish villages Julianne could choose…why Declan's
Cross?

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